Hard Boiled Eggs

I have recently started baking my "hard boiled eggs" in the oven in a muffin tin. 325 degrees for 30 mins and they are perfect. I have one a day, seven days week, usually before or after a workout. I also find that a 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and or a handful of raw almonds hold me over for quite a while, as I too, eat many, small meals throughout the day. Hope this can help.

Here's a tip:

Add some vinegar to the water you are boiling your eggs in. Once they are done throw them in cold water for a bit.

This makes peeling them a lot easier.

Scientific literature does not support that more frequent eating of smaller meals leads to weight loss, other things being equal (i.e. total calorie intake). So your doctor's advice in that context is already subject to question.

Might also be worth a second opinion to confirm whether the smaller meals will truly address your painful periods...

On the boiled egg question--am too lazy to boil myself, I just buy them pre-boiled and shelled.

Good luck!

I realize they would not be hard boiled, but what about a spinach/cheese omelet? Relatively quick to make, and even quicker if you omit the spinach.

I also enjoy 1oz almonds and 2oz extra sharp cheddar cheese for a snack.

Mike

There is an "As Seen on TV" product called Eggies. You can buy at Walmart etc. Here is the Amazon link...

http://www.amazon.com/Eggies-Hard-Boiled-Egg-System/dp/B005BY5I2K

I make these egg ups in the oven that are pretty awesome. I usually use egg whites, a little cheese, and turkey sausage crumbles. I put it in muffin-tins sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Each "egg muffin" is roughly 50 calories and is a great and low ca l/ low carb breakfast choice. I make a whole tin full (12) and eat them over the week. Just pop one or two in the microwave for 45 seconds for a quick snack.

Never heard of diet helping painful periods.I would Google that. Cottage cheese & yogurt have high protein.Make sure yogurt,even Greek yogurt isn't high in sugar.I check sugar in any food labeled as low fat.....ice cream etc.

So without getting into too much exposition, my doctor has recommended that I start eating smaller meals throughout the day instead of bigger ones three times per day (this is actually not to do with weight loss, this is to due with unbelievably painful periods...but she said weight loss would be a happy side effect).

Anyhow, she said that its very important to get in protein in all of the small snacks and no sugar at all (organic cheese sticks, nuts, chicken, etc.). One of the things she mentioned was hard-boiled eggs, which I love and would be super easy to incorporate into my work schedule (in moderation and rotation with other types of protein).

Does anyone have any ideas of how to make hard boiled eggs or something similar without the shells? Would you bake them maybe?

Or if you have other natural protein small snack ideas, share them here too!

Here is how I hard boil eggs and I rare have shell issues

- Fill pot of water with enough water to cover eggs
- Add 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar
- Bring water to boil
- With some tongs, add eggs carefully
- Boil for 4 minutes
- Once done boiling, move to the side and cover for 14 minutes.
- Drain water and either let sit or put cold water to cool eggs.


Also, have you considered making small amounts of meat for a side? Like cutting up chicken and making nuggest/fingers as a small snack. Or just do bacon.

I do all of this minus the cider and before they completely cool I peel all of them and return them to the colder water to rinse of any left over shells. Then I lay out dry paper towel and roll them out to get rid of the water. I put them in a big gallon baggie and draw from them for lunch, breakfast, or snacks. Quick and painless and you won't be fighting with shells all week, as the chill the shell is harder to peel off!!

I also buy already cooked rotisserie chicken or turkey from the store and separate from the bone and put the meat in baggies weighed out to 2 or 4 oz depending on the workout.

I have reduced fat mozzarella sticks, almonds of different kinds, low fat cottage cheese, chobani greek yogurt (for quick grabs) or a tub of plain greek yogurt and I add my own berries or granola. Totally off the egg topic just passing helpful info along.

Never heard of diet helping painful periods.I would Google that.

I love the internet, where medical advice from doctors is best discarded for a google search.

Never really looked into it, but I've heard that reduced carb diets seem to help relieve pain from PCOS....so maybe doc was thinking along those same lines?!

Whatever you do, do not microwave them just by themselves. A co-worker actually blew the door off a microwave at work because he didn't know any better. Eggs will explode violently after enough time in one.